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Seven United States Navy officers and one Chief Petty Officer pose with the station’s first Mark XIV torpedo at the Naval Torpedo Station at Keyport, Washington, United States, 1943.	Soviet 45 mm M1942 (M-42) anti-tank gun with its crew, circa 1940s

Soviet officer reading attack orders to his men, Eastern Front, date unknown; note PPSh-41 submachine guns	Soviet signal troops laying cables, Eastern Front, date unknown

Soviet soldiers in the field with Maxim M1910 heavy machine gun and PPSh-41 submachine gun, northern Caucasus region, Russia, 1942-1943	Soviet troops fighting in the ruins of Stalingrad, Russia, late 1942 or early 1943

Top view of USS Drum's conning tower, showing her twin 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft weapons, 1940s	Troops of PK XI. Fliegerkorps with a 5 cm PaK 38 anti-tank gun, Tunisia, 1943

Troops of the British Eastern Command, date unknown; note Bren gun, ammunition carrier dog 'Mark', and Lewis gun pan magazine	Two crew members loading ammunition for their A-26 bomber's M2 Browning machine guns, date unknown

Typical torpedo tube mounts for Japanese destroyers. Note that the tubes are encased in a turret to offer them some protection from gunfire or bomb fragments. Note also replacement torpedoes ready to be loaded (right).	Ukrainian women of Sydir Kovpak's guerilla forces, Ukraine, 1940s; note Mosin-Nagant M1891 sniper rifles

United States Army 155mm Gun M1 crew training in England, United Kingdom, date unknown	United States Navy diagram of German torpedo types. The Type I (top) had a typical wet heater engine; The Type III was the first German electric torpedo; and the Type V (GNAT) was an acoustic homing torpedo.

US Army M4 High Speed Tractor towing a 155mm Gun M1, date unknown	US Army soldiers operating Browning M1919 machine gun, 1943

US Army technical manual drawing on the Japanese Type 91 grenade	US Army two-and-a-half ton prime mover towing a 105 mm Howitzer M2 on the Algerian beach, North Africa, 1943

US Marine Corps hand-to-hand combat demonstration, circa 1943, photo 1 of 5	US Marine Corps hand-to-hand combat demonstration, circa 1943, photo 2 of 5